Pressurized fuel cell power plant with single reactant gas stream. [using waste heat and the burning of effluent gases to compress air and fuel]

Patent · Tue Aug 24 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7259965

Bloomfield, D P

A fuel cell power plant for producing electricity uses pressurized air and fuel in the cells. The power plant includes an autothermal reactor for processing the fuel and a compressor driven by a turbine for compressing the air used by the fuel cells. Pressurized effluent gases from the cathode side of the cell and pressurized fuel is delivered into the autothermal reactor and from the reactor passes into the anode side of the cells. Effluent gases from the anode side of the cells is delivered into the turbine thereby driving the compressor. A burner is used to increase the temperature of the gases entering the turbine. The burner is run on air and unburned fuel in the effluent gases from the anode side of the cells.

• Assignee: United Technologies Corp.
• Patent Number(s): US 3976507
• OSTI ID: 7259965
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300501* -- Fuel Cells-- Design & Development
AIR
BURNERS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
COMPRESSED AIR
COMPRESSORS
DESIGN
ENERGY
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT
HEAT RECOVERY
POWER PLANTS
RECOVERY
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WASTE HEAT
WASTES